Orchid bees
Tribe Euglossini
Burying beetle
Nicrophorus orbicollis
Stingless bees
Tetragonisca angustula
Giant mayfly
Hexagenia limbata
Rusty patched bumble bee
Bombus affinis
Goldenrod soldier beetle
Chauliognathus pensylvanicus
Colorado potato beetle
Leptinotarsa decemlineata
Common blue damselfly
Enallagma cyathigerum
Valley carpenter bee
Xylocopa sonorina
Spongy moth
Lymantria dispar
Honeybee
Apis mellifera
Mining bee
Andrena sp.
Squash vine borer
Melittia cucurbitae
Bumblebee mimic robber fly
Laphria thoracica
Welcome to the Department of Entomology!
The Department of Entomology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison is a world-class graduate training and research institution committed to advancing research in insect biology in both basic and applied contexts. We offer MS and Ph.D. degrees in Entomology and two undergraduate majors (Entomology & Global Health). Our faculty and staff members along with our graduate students, postdoctoral associates, affiliated and emeritus professors offer a dynamic and interdisciplinary research and teaching environment to prepare students for a future in entomology.
The Department is housed in Russell Laboratories and makes extensive use of campus greenhouse facilities and the agricultural research stations located throughout the state for research, outreach and educational purposes. Russell Labs houses three departments: Entomology, Forest and Wildlife Ecology, and Plant Pathology. The building is centrally located on the UW-Madison campus making it ideal for collaborative work with other departments.
Values such as inclusion, integrity, community, and respect are an integral part of department culture and official code of conduct.
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Department News
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Entomology Digest – Fall 2021
Letter from the Chair Entomology Community and Friends of the Department, “ESA Annual Meeting” The Department of Entomology just returned from the Entomological Society of America’s Annual Meeting held Oct 31st – Nov 3rd at the downtown Denver Convention Center. The meeting was held as a combined virtual and in-person meeting. Online content is available…
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Claudio Gratton receives Kellett Mid-Career Award
Claudio Gratton, professor in the Department of Entomology, was recently awarded the Kellett Mid-Career Award. Read the original story from news.wisc.edu here, explanation of awards re-posted below: Thirty-three members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty have been awarded fellowships for 2021-22. The awardees span the four divisions on campus: arts and humanities, physical sciences, social…
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Entomology Digest – May 2021
Letter from the Chair Entomology Community and Friends of the Department, The Spring ’21 semester successfully concluded with a fun and interactive Entomology Graduate Student Association (EGSA) picnic. This event marked one of the first in-person events we have held as a Department since the beginning of the pandemic, where we enjoyed good conversation together…
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Taylor Tai Receives Graduate Student Service Scholarship
Congratulations to Taylor Tai (PhD Candidate in the Gratton Lab), who has been included among the recipients of the 2021 Graduate Student Service Scholarship. This scholarship recognizes and honors graduate students who volunteer to take on service roles in addition to their research, work, and family obligations. Upon experiencing the exclusion and marginalization of non-white voices…
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Butterflies Make Great Pollinators
Bees are often synonymous with pollination, but other insect groups have started to receive more attention for their pollination services. Dr. Karen Oberhauser was recently quoted in this article about the importance of butterflies as insect pollinators. A recent study found that butterflies and hover flies (Family Syrphidae) contribute a value of $120 million to…
Meaningful Research
Advancing research in insect biology in both basic and applied contexts.
Top-notch Instruction
Interdisciplinary instruction to inform students, collaborators, and the community.
Far-reaching Impact
Embodying the Wisconsin Idea, making the boundaries of our work the boundaries of the Wisconsin and beyond.
Vision
We focus on high-impact science that leverages our collective expertise on arthropod biology to solve problems in agriculture, the environment, and human health.